Senior Software Engineer, Adaptive Telemetry

Grafana Labs is a company that provides open-source visualization and observability solutions, including Grafana, used by over 20M users globally.
$738,518 - $923,148
Backend
Senior Software Engineer
Remote
5+ years of experience
Enterprise SaaS

Description For Senior Software Engineer, Adaptive Telemetry

Grafana Labs is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for their Adaptive Telemetry group within the Databases department. This role is part of the team responsible for ensuring all telemetry stored in Grafana's databases is worthy of attention. The position involves working on large-scale, performance-critical services like Adaptive Metrics and Adaptive Logs.

As an Adaptive Telemetry engineer, you'll be engaged in various work streams, including larger projects with other engineers, performance and reliability improvements, code reviews, and participating in on-call rotations. The tech stack primarily consists of services written in Go, running on multiple Kubernetes clusters leveraging Cloud object storage.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Influencing the product roadmap and your career objectives
  • Delivering new features and iterating based on results
  • Driving projects from ideation to operation
  • Designing, building, and maintaining critical systems
  • Participating in on-call rotations
  • Mentoring team members and collaborating on design discussions

The ideal candidate should be a self-starter with a customer focus, able to tackle complex challenges pragmatically, and possess strong collaboration and communication skills. Experience with Go (or similar languages), cloud software development, microservices architectures, and distributed systems is required.

Grafana Labs offers a remote-first environment, competitive compensation, equity, and various benefits. They value diversity and are committed to building an inclusive workplace where talented individuals can thrive regardless of their background.

Last updated 2 months ago

Responsibilities For Senior Software Engineer, Adaptive Telemetry

  • Take an active role in influencing the product roadmap
  • Work with the team to deliver new features and iterate on results
  • Drive projects from initial ideation to operations
  • Design, build, operate, and maintain critical systems
  • Participate in on-call rotations
  • Mentor and support other team members
  • Contribute to design discussions and collaborate with the team
  • Learn new skills and gain a deeper understanding of Grafana's cloud product

Requirements For Senior Software Engineer, Adaptive Telemetry

Go
Kubernetes
Kafka
  • Solid experience with at least one programming language (Go preferred, but Python, C, C++, Rust or similar translate well)
  • Experience with delivering projects from requirements gathering to shipping
  • Experience with developing software that runs in the Cloud or systems engineering
  • Experience working with microservices architectures and distributed systems
  • Ability to write clean, robust, and performant software
  • Strong communication skills
  • Pragmatic approach to problem-solving
  • Customer-focused mindset

Benefits For Senior Software Engineer, Adaptive Telemetry

Equity
  • Equity
  • Bonus (if applicable)
  • Remote-first work environment

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